Seriously, what kind of genius arranges for a bribe at a small third tier Catholic university when a tax deductible gift probably would have had the exact same effect without breaking any laws?!

Their 25th-75th percentile splits for SAT scores are 1100-1310. They have a 52% acceptance rate (which to be honest, I thought would be higher). How, if you can afford the sticker price of that school, does one have to rely on these sort of means to get their kid in there I will never understand unless the undergrad in question literally has a constant flow of drool from their mouth to the nape of their neck.

I'll be honest - if I'm the USD I'm outwardly apologetic, reminding everybody that no students were admitted, and that we're currently reviewing our practices and processes to make sure something like this can't happen at our institution.

But behind closed doors I'm stoked to be on that list and hope that the stature of the institution rises because of this perception of elitism.

In or about April 2016, FLAXMANís daughter took the ACT and received ascore of 20 out of a possible 36. On or about September 12, 2016, FLAXMAN e-mailed CW-1that his daughter took the ďACT this weekend and thought she did better than the last time. Sheactually finished the exam.Ē FLAXMANís daughter received a score of 24 on the Septembertest.

Jesus.

EDIT: Googling tells me ROBERT FLAXMAN is a USC grad, which seems to be a school this scam had major inroads into. Is the San Diego admissions keeping the little shits in their proverbial place?

I've finally read the entire affidavit and my favorite is the part where one of the parents specifically asks if another named defendant is also doing this because he'd been giving him shit. When you want to know Aunt Mossimo's daughter had to rely on these means to get into USC despite family relationships with the USC board, that's why -- the vanity of not wanting to admit your kid needs help to your social circle. Same reason FLAXMAN paid $650k to get his kid into San Diego instead of other, cheaper means -- the nouveau riche hate nothing more than having to bow.